Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Yo, Adrian!

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.